Baker & Foodie Content Creator
My name is Lee, welcome to my pages. I hope we can have fun together?
When I’m not developing recipes for others, writing guest blogs, writing my own blog, or even trying to learn how to paint, I’m usually spending time with the amazing Mr G (my husband) or with my lovely daughter or my lovely son (very proud mum).
What is this all about? Great question. This site is about real cooking and baking, real recipes and real mistakes.
No filters here, (although i’d love to find a filter that can take ten years worth of laugh lines away. Just me, whats happening, and whatever cameras or phone i have to hand .
There are many things that get under my bonnet and wiggle around, one of those is food waste. If i buy ingredients specifically for a recipe, and i only need a small amount of the ingredients, i want to be able to use the rest up and not have to throw them away. My mum used to say , “Waste not Want not” is that still a saying ?
For me, waste is not just about using up all the ingredients. What about leftover food? If i’m able , i hope to give ideas as to how to use up any leftovers too.
Be Brave
Cooking isn’t hard , neither is baking, its all about being brave and being ok with making mistakes
All tagged croatian food recipe
Lemon Curd & Lemon Gin Breskvice - Croatian Cookies with Lemon Curd and Lemon Gin Filling A twist on a traditional Croatian Peach Breskvice made with fresh lemon curd and lemon gin for the cakey filling. An easy Croatian cookie to make and a very pretty cookie to see.
Paprenjaci - Croatian Pepper, Honey & Walnut Cookies
Baked mostly at Christmas in Croatia, Paprenjaci are mostly known as pepper cookies, for obvious reasons, i think the description should be a little more inclusive, hence the above title.
Lijena Pita od Jabuka i Oraha - (Lazy Apple & Walnut Pie), a Croatian base with a twist of Lee & The Sweet Life. Light crumbly pastry with a thick filling of apple and walnut made with love for a better pie. Croatian lazy pies are a must have in every Croatian family recipe book, this one is doubly special , with both apple and walnut, its moist and yummy. Not just any apple and walnut pie!
